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Books have been said on this topic, and the contention and discourse about where the "hot" slot games are installed in a casino are still intense – 60 years after the slot machines were 1st placed in the casinos.

The quintessential rule is that the superior one armed bandits were positioned just inside the entrance of the casino; so that everyone going by would be able to see real jackpot winners … be convinced to come unto the gaming floor … play. Our assurance is that this is no longer the case.

Practically all of the big name casinos presently are behemothic complexes and you can no longer see inside from the sidewalk, so there’s no longer a reason to place the ‘loose’ one armed bandits near to any doors.

Another standard rule is that loose slot games are positioned on the major aisles in the casinos, again so that more fun seekers could see winning jackpots and be galvanized to play. Notably however, we find that this also is not a universal rule any more.

What casinos found over the years is that people walking down the busy aisles were frequently on the way to somewhere else. If they played the slots at all, they would simply put in their loose change because they happened to be walking by. Win or lose, they would very often not stop to keep playing. And the very last thing a casino wants is for someone to win a jackpot by playing only a few coins and then not stay to put it all back in!

These days, casinos are constantly changing their philosophy about where to place the loose slot games.